Electric Car Nano-Batteries Aim For 500-Mile Range 650
An anonymous reader writes "Consortium members read like a Who's Who in technology research for the Battery 500 Project which aims to use nanotechnology to extend the range of all-electric cars 200 miles beyond the 300-mile range of gasoline powered cars. IBM, the University of California at Berkeley and all five of our US National Labs are collaborating to make the 500-mile electric car battery. Within two years, they promise to have a new kind of battery technology in place for the 500-mile electric car. If that happens, then I predict a mass exodus from gasoline to electric powered cars that will make the Toyota Prius look like a fad."
Re:Batteries are history (Score:4, Funny)
I spend all night charging my mobile phone. Its such a pain, sitting there and waiting for it to finish.
Re:Batteries are history (Score:2, Funny)
"Yes dear, the battery in the car is flat, I've just got to wait an hour for it to charge, then I'll be on my way home..."
Could someone please summarize? (Score:5, Funny)
I was too distracted by "Whose Who" to absorb much after that. Of course, most of it was after that.
I think you mean... (Score:1, Funny)
I think you mean Whose-Whom.
Re:It's not news (Score:5, Funny)
> In fact, the poster should have read the article.
Slippery slope.
Next you'll be asking slashdoters to read the whole post instead of just the title.
Re:It's not news (Score:4, Funny)
If IBM had said "we have batteries that can last 500 miles", and Stanley Kubrick shot videos of the long-range electric car in a Hollywood studio, then it would be like the moon landing.
Anything would make the Prius look like a fad. (Score:4, Funny)
> I predict a mass exodus from gasoline to electric powered cars that will make
> the Toyota Prius look like a fad.
It was.
Re:cue exploding battery packs.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:cue exploding battery packs.... (Score:4, Funny)
I would like to subscribe to his newsletter.
Re:cue exploding battery packs.... (Score:4, Funny)
Great - now they're going to outlaw beer bottles!
Maybe they'll outlaw clothing, too, to eliminate rags.